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Chuck's Wagon Makes Australia Safe for Alt-Countrynew

Chuck Stokes learned to love American country-rock the old fashioned way, through a Wyoming construction worker who earned extra money skinning and gutting animals.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Bill Forman  |  09-10-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Sydney's The Presets Don't Quitnew

Since the band's inception, the classically trained musicians have been churning out dance-pop music with electronic proclivities. There's not much of a dance scene in Australia, so they looked to the dance floors of Europe and Aussie rock 'n' roll progenitors AC/DC and Midnight Oil.
Chicago Newcity  |  Garin Pirnia  |  09-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Cut Copy's Balearic Pop Revivalnew

From an ocean away, it's tempting to imagine something similar to Manchester's Factory Records/Hacienda/New Order scene going down right now in Melbourne, Australia -- only with better beaches and less post-industrial gloom.
The Portland Mercury  |  Eric Grandy  |  04-24-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

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